Identify This Military Ammo and Gun

[MossRoad]

Moss
The eastern European countries had large stashes of Mausers that were captured at the end of WWII and some (like Yugoslavia) made them well into the fifties. Stocks of these have flooded the North American market in the last five years or so but most of these are drying up now. every once in a while some country gets rid of its surplus arms and for a while at least you can get a good deal (like moisin nagants, SKS's etc).
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[RonMar]

Look on the bright side, now you have a reason to buy one. Can't have all that ammo setting around going to waste.

If you do get around to shooting it just be careful with the tracer rounds. They are great for starting fires in dry grass.

Another thing to note about the tracer is that since some of the lead in the core near the rear has been removed to put in the tracer chemical, they have a nose forward balance moment. This makes for some extreme ricochet angles (that and the fact you can see them do it) I used to load up whole M1A box mags with tracer, Boy what fun that was. I once shot a practice highpower match with all tracer, that was interesting also. Not very accurate/consistent, but interesting My target pullers said it was pretty cool watching them pass thru the target...

 

[Ductape]

Well, I talked to a reputable gunsmith yesterday. I'm gonna bring him the Mauser so he can take a look at it. At this point I'm hoping to have the gun refinished if it checks out OK.

As far as a .308 goes....... I did a little browsing @ the gun shop. Anyone have opinions on these, or a suggestion on something similar? One dealer had both the Bushmaster and Armalite in stock. An M1 looks to be considerably more expensive than these.

 

[RonMar]

For the MG amo you originally posted about, any of the black guns you showed would work, as well as the M1A. I have a soft spot for the M1A, so that or one of the SOCOM variants would be my personal preference for .308. Because that MG ammo is mass machine loaded, it is not especially accurate/consistent. It's accuracy is a little dissipointing in a heavy barreled match grade firearm. When I use it for barrel break-in and to practice with, I don't get wrapped around the axle on my group size.

The ones you pictured are also pretty versatile. With so many add-on bits and bobbles available these days for the black guns, it is hard to go wrong with one. another advantage is that because of their modular design, it is fairly easy to take the lower receiver and slap on a different barrel/upper, in calibres from .22 to .50 without the cost of an entirely new gun.

 

[Podunkadunk]

As far as a .308 goes....... I did a little browsing @ the gun shop. Anyone have opinions on these, or a suggestion on something similar? One dealer had both the Bushmaster and Armalite in stock. An M1 looks to be considerably more expensive than these.

PM me if you are serious and have questions about any of the three.

Podunk